Have a read of the full article,it shows a change of "established practice" in the Gambian Court system.
SNIPPET: "In less than fifteen minutes, the accused was seen in court escorted by security agents who sat closed to her until the time allocated elapsed."
"At this stage of the proceedings, the witness was asked to look at the accused and was told by her lawyer that she is a very ‘harmless’ person but the witness said he does not know.Pw1 finally disclosed to the court that the accused is no more under detention."